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Foggy vision' radiation result
THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Monday, Aug. 35,1910—3.
out & about
By SUE MANNING
Associated Press Writer
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) —
Harold McCluskey’s vision is
still foggy, and he occasionally
gets strange “pinprick” sen-
sations. But four years after he
was contaminated by an
almost-lethal dose of
radioactivity, he’s alive and
holding up “pretty well.”
“I was not supposed to live. I
was not supposed to have any
hair on my head,” sdys the
retired nuclear laboratory
worker. “I’m alive and I have a
head full of hair.”
His doctors say McCluskey is
the only man in the United
States to ever take such a huge
dose of alpha-particle radiation
— which differs from radiation
from X-rays or atomic blasts —
and live.
McClusky, now 68, was
showered with radioactivity
after a chemical explosion in a
Richland nuclear laboratory on
Aug. 30, 1976. He had been
extracting americium — a
metal used in petroleum ex-
ploration equipment, medical
labs and smoke detection
devices — from high-level
radioactive waste, using gloves
and working through a glass
window.
The explosion sprayed him
with americium, acid, glass,
metal, plastic and cloth, bur-
ning his face and eyes and
contaminating his system with
the radioactive metal.
The blast also contaminated
nine other workers and caused
$500,000 damage to the recovery
room. The others were
decontaminated and back on
the job within days, but Mc-
Cluskey was hospitalized for
more than five months and is
still getting treatments.
Ninety-five percent of the
heavy metal has been removed
from McCluskey’s system, said
his physician. Dr. Bryce
Breitenstein, director of the
Hanford Environmental Health
Foundation in Richland.
Americium acts much like
lead, forming deposits on the
liver and bones, and a special
chemical that “globs onto the
americium and forces it into the
urine” has been used to treat
McCluskey, he said.
McCluskey’s facial burns
have healed and the acid bums
are gone. But because of
“residuals on his corneas," his
vision is blurred.
"Bright sunlight bothers my
eyes, but 1 have special
glasses," said McCluskey, who
started as a construction
worker in 1951 at the Atlantic-
Richfield Hanford Co., now
Rockwell Hanford.
Awarded $275,000 in an out-of-
court settlement, McCluskey
also has his medical bills taken
care of by the company.
Pink Ladies serving at
Memorial Hosptial last week
were: Mmes. W.A. Carothers,
L.W. Cogswell, Bill Floyd, J.M.
Gee, * Jimmy Goldsmith, Bill
Hargrave, Allan Jacobsen, Jim
Masters, Andrew Meier, Audley
Moore, T.F. Moseley, Jack
Porter, David Therneau, Dale
Watts and J.D. Woods.
Rapid heart action
can be frightening
DEAR DR. LAMB - I'm
very concerned about attacks
of rapid heartbeat that I’ve
been experiencing. When I
have them I also have a lot of
sweating and get clammy and
even have passed out without
any knowledge of my falling
Such an attack prompted
garage it has disappeared.
You’re describing what we
call paroxysmal tachycardia,
meaning recurrent attacks of
rapid heart action Between
attacks a person can be per-
fectly normal.
Such attacks frequently
occur in individuals who do
*1
HEALTH
Lawrence E. Lamb,M.D.
me to go to my physician who
put me in the hospital. But a
series of tests showed nothing
significant. I’m 68 years old
and I have had numerous
attacks since then.
They cause tightening in the
jaw, chest pressure and weak-
ness from the vibrating of my
body. This is so bad 1 have to
get out of bed. They’re very
frightening since I’m alone
and widowed. 1 do not smoke
or drink alcoholic beverages. 1
do not have a skippy
heartbeat. It’s just these sud-
den attacks of rapid heartbeat
that upset me and cause all
the trouble.
DEAR READER - The
human body seems to be a lot
like automobiles. You can
have a knock in your engine
and when you get to the
not have any underlying heart
disease. That doesn’t make
them any less unpleasant but
it does make it harder for the
doctor to find out what’s going
on and to provide proper
treatment.
I'm sending you The Health
Letter number 6-12, Heart
Irregularities, Skipped Beats,
Tachycardias. It will give you
more information on such
attacks and what they mean.
Now I would like you to go
back and see your doctor
again since you’re still having
attacks. The description of
tightness in your jaw and
chest pressure suggests that
you do not have enough blood
flow through the coronary
arteries to your heart muscle
during these attacks of rapid
heart action.
When you were younger and
your arteries were cleaner
and you were in generally bet-
ter health, you could probably
have experienced these
attacks without having signifi-
cant symptoms. But as you
get older and do have
changes, it’s more likely that
you'll have such problems.
When your heart beats too
fast it can become ineffective
as a pump. It doesn’t have
time to fill adequately with
blood between each beat. As a
result, the circulation actually
decreases. This, in turn, can
decrease the blood flow
through your coronary arter-
ies and cause you to have
tightness in the jaws and chest
pressure.
There are a number of
medicines that can be used to
help prevent such attacks. The
reason your doctor hasn't giv-
en them to you is that he has
not been able to document the
nature of your fast heartbeat.
It is better to know exactly
what you are treating before
you start prescribing medi-
cine.
In view of the severity of
your attacks, he may decide
to prescribe some medicine
for you even if he can’t docu-
ment the nature of the
attacks. Go see him again. I
don’t suppose that you drink
lots of coffee or tea but if you
do, you should stop.
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On The Light Side
Duck Racers Claim Fowl Play
DEMING, N.M. (AP) — Due Andra, a female yearling,
took less than two seconds to win what was billed as”The
World’s Richest Duck Race,” but some of the losers cried
fowl play.
Due Andra waddled through the 16-foot course in 1.966
seconds Sunday and took the $600 first prize for her owner,
Tommy Brdecko, 51, of Deming. Bdrecko then sold Due
Andra at an auction for $17.50.
One group protested that a duck entered by agents of the
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had been given
“duck uppers."
But Steve Marlowe, chief quacker for the race, said no
drugs of any kind had been administered.
In all, 186 ducks ran, about eight at a time, through the 16-
foot-long chicken wire cages on the Luna County courthouse
grounds.
Some ducks dressed in costumes were panting, and it got so
hot at one point that Marlowe advised, “Gentlemen, cool
your ducks.”
“Ducks dort’tperspire. They pant like dogs,” said the race
committee’s official veterinarian, John Kirschke, of Deming,
who stood by to make sure no ducks were mistreated.
“Trainers were allowed to run and holler to make their
ducks run, but no touching - you can’t goose the ducks,” he
said.
Among the losers was an entrant named “Today’s Winner
or Tonight’s Dinner.” Its fate could not be determined im-
mediately.
Frisbee Contest Goes to the Dogs
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A Virginia man has won an
unprecedented second overall title in the men’s division of
the World Frisbee Championship, but the defending winner
in the K-9 division went to the dogs.
Scott Zimmerman of McLean, Va., won the overall title
Sunday before a crowd of more than 40,000 at the Rose Bowl.
As in 1979, McLean did not win any of the five individual
events — disc golf, self-caught flight, distance, freestyle and
double disc court. But the 18-year-old high school senior
scored high enough in all of them to take the championship.
In the K-9 catch and fetch contest, two-time champion,
Dink, owned by Jim Strickler of Severan Park, Md., was
toppled by Kona, a 4-year-old owned by Frank Allen of
Phoenix, Ariz.
'Help! I'm cornered at a party!'
DEAR DR. BLAKER -
You’re at a singles’ party. An
ugly but pleasant man comes
up to you and starts talking.
You decide to give him a
chance — and then find that
his personality is really as bad
as his looks.
By this time, however, he is
interested and talking a mile
a minute. You are literally
and figuratively in a corner.
You say you have to go to
the ladies’ room, hoping you
can lose him. But he kindly
offers to escort you there and
waits until you come out.
How does one escape a situ-
ation like that?
DEAR READER — Even
finding a back exit from the
ladies’ room wouldn’t help
you because the same situa-
tion would only come up
again.
Beginning and ending such
» CHOICES
jj| Karen Blaker Ph.D.
encounters are assertive acts
and therefore are somewhat
easier for men than for
women.
It is expected that a man
will both initiate conversa-
tions and move on when his
interest lags. A woman, on the
other hand, is more often
expected to wait until she is
approached by a man and to
continue the conversation
until he signals that it is over.
You will have to make a
conscious effort to be more
assertive. Passivity leads to
feelings of helplessness and
anxiety. You wind up concen-
trating only on how to avoid
being placed in this situation
again.
When you are cornered, use
a break in the conversation to
say: “Listen, it’s been nice
talking to you. I’d like to meet
a few other people here
tonight. (Or, I want to look for
some friends who said they
might be coming.) Maybe
we’ll bump into each other
later in the evening ”
Never try to get rid to any-
one by giving him your phone
number That will only pro-
long the agony.
If a man persists, ask for
his number and tell him you
might call.
Shy? Write for Dr. Blaker’s
“Shyness” newsletter. Send 50
cents plus a stamped, self-
addressed envelope to Dr.
Blaker in care of this newspa-
per, P.O. Box 475, Radio City
Station, New York, NY 10019.
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Youth Against Cancer
president, Lydifi Wallace and
photographer Trade Hamilton
have returned from a con-
vention in San Antonio. They
left from Dallas, Thursday and
stayed in the Hilton on the
Riverwalk. Also staying at the
hotel were “The Com-
mandors.” The young women
had their picture taken with
them and also sitting in the
famous group’s limosene. They
were accompanied by Shirley
Hamilton.
Part of the night time en-
tertainment at the National Ski
Finals at Garden Valley Resort
was the “Electric Horse,’’ from
Gilley’s in Houston. First and
second place winning riders
were from Sulphur Springs.
Randy Tilley won some ex-
pensive skis for being the best
rider and Tony Abercrombie
won a custom made wet suit for
the second place ride. Both rode
in the 18 to 35 age class.
Graham and the grand
daughter of Ruben Graham.
They plan to visit with relatives
and friends in Sulphur Springs
before returning to Midi.
Bert Wharton honored guests,
Chief Master Sergeant Ret. J.O.
O’Connor and his wife Ruby Jo
with a party Saturday night.
The couple is visiting from
Virginia and are long time Air
Force friends of Wharton.
Jamie Wilburn and Mrs.
Golden Wilburn have returned
home from Mount Vernon,
where Mrs. Wilburn received
medical treatment.
Oleta Banks has returned home
after several days in
Muskegon, Mich, with her
niece and husband, Dr. and
Mrs. A.A. Demerjian. Mrs.
Denier jian is the former Donna
Guy Felton has returned from
a vacation train trip. He rode
Uie regularly scheduled* ;
Denver and Rio Grande :
Western through the Rockies. :
The 570 mile trip between \
Denver, Colo, and Salt Lake
City, Utah covers “beautiful
country and scenery,” ac-
cording to Felton. He also rode
the train back to Denver from
Salt Lake City.
Try, Try Again
One-third to one-half of all
first marriages since 1945 ‘
will or have ended in divorce.
But, observes the Conference
Board, four out of five
divorced persons ultimately
remarry.
Mr. and Mrs. Royee Wilkey
and Bo have returned to Brady,
Tex. after a short visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ijeroy
Mclntire and other relatives in
the area.
hospitals )
The Sulphur Springs Student
Council bake sale, held
Saturday in several parts of
Sulphur Springs has been called
a great success by council
president Jeff Orwosky. The
group sold uver 80 cakes and
pies, netting about $500. The
money will be used for various
student council projects.
Sulphur Springs had a few
less people this weekend as
there was a mini-exodus to the
National Ski Championship
Finals near Tyler at Garden
Valley Resort. Some of those
attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Carter and Pam, Dr.
and Mrs. Max latham, Bob
Gregg and Kathryn, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Hager, Julie and
Tony, Keith Ashmore and
James McMahan. This group
camped out on the grounds of
the resort.
Mrs. Hager reports that lake
especially designed for skiing
by Johnny Jackson remained
smooth throughout the events.
The finals will be held in
Berkley, Ca. next year.
Others seen at the event were
Randy Tilley, Mr. and Mrs.
Tony Abercrombie, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Caldwell and
family, Jeff Caldwell, Mr. arid
Mrs. Charles Cromer, David
Gideon and Shannon White.
Admissions
Willie Nash, Route 5.
Mrs. Beulah Redding,
Pickton.
I-aura Cumming, 133 North
Irocust.
Caldwell Choats, 1301 College.
Mrs. Ed Wyninegar, 212
Brewer.
Mrs. Blanche Prim, Route 4.
Crystal Conger, Route 2.
Tony Lee Cason, 512 Church.
Mrs. Hub Kennedy, 401
Whitworth.
Mrs. Robert Rose, Winn-
sboro.
Mrs. Gladys Nabors, 206
California.
Cletus Brown, 402 Radio
Road.
William Shores, 254 Texas.
Biondi Flanagan, Como.
J.C. Smithers, 1450 Oak
Grove.
Jerry Basham, Dike.
Vernell Washington, Front
Street.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 202, Ed. 1 Monday, August 25, 1980, newspaper, August 25, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824467/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.